Ironing apparatus



Jan. 20,.-1931, l' JfPULL'MAN ET AL ,1,789,638- l ,IRQNING APIfARATUs Filed oct. 12,1929 .ashun-sheet 1 A IRONING yAPPARATUS Filed oct. 12,-1929 K ATTORNEYJ Y: y j `011i; A

` of'o'fui" invention arefhereinaftersetforth.;f

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' f Pgtenteddfjan; 2o, 71931 1y d Y Application,,mei*octoiaejigl 1529. sei-151530; 399,277;

a'rnoveL kironing especially deslgned for usey 1n pantsffactorles:

y and cleaning'and pressing establishments for luselfin ironing oiitfthe seanis of `tr `)u jserslegs..`

` 5 YThe invention( V,provides fan ironingfboardg t;whichlisjexpansible and adjustable,,toE su'it different sizes zindfwidths o'f'trousers legs,'-

v and lwill hold'a tronsersleg stretchedat yfull f lengthwhile beingv pressed,'"thereby prevent- 10 yingaiiy., wrinkles 1nd material' Whilegiron; ling. same g, `alsoanlroning .board `that, can be,

thtboth innery anden-ter seams may bepropfy 1 1 5 erly ironediwhile thetrousersleg stretchedg;H

eb'o'ardlf 'Otherfobjectsandiadvantages, n l l ylongitudinallymovable rod 7,11Whlch isslid= ably,mounted;in ajfguide7a.adjacentA the'zf j 1 VVe' vvillexplan the invention with-re y 1,*dfsihovving side ,bars partly retracted in fullaf'lihesf-@and tWlfwlli? reectedfin dotted 1ines.- i

i tube detached. Eig; 5 .iseJ yd f ating ma detached'.

i .Ghisa detail lefthand end elevation 'of ig# ,'Kairransverseflsection ,onythe line .The operative ofthe device `mounted uponia suitable f supportv 1' adapted '45 tothe secured to aftabl'eor otherasnitable; 'base'.y `The supportshownhasl spaced standi ards 2 and 3providedfvvithaligned bearingsif n `v `When the rtoggles are contracted'tlie sidebrs i :are kmoved inwardl towardv .the tube; 4:,` see Fig. 8., I"llVhenside ars l1=andl2 ,aretmoved'f'l v, V

'for` afhorizonta'lly ldisposed supportingy tube 4 projectsy from the base vand v'carnesY 1. 5 0 the/opposite `ironing -boards 5A and .6, and@ the voblio; site E11-lian f riencetcthe ascbmpanymg'drawingswllich l20k 4illustrate*one `4 practialIembodimentl therneofLy t turesoffconstruction,v and noveli CQIIllOgi-n-a-r` h protefitinllade-i 'Ff 3 .is a horizont I l: sectlon throughfFi tail view: ofthe'y toggle e .iefladiiieif'pa atingrdevices-L- The saidltubel maybe pro-1 ,videdmithcol-lars 140;,45 adjacent the ieg@ f s 2, and 23l td prevent axial movementof rthe tribenwllile permittingrotationthereo-fsq" 5K. 1`

.,Theiironingboardsx-and 6; are-clamped' A'. i'

or f otherwise snitablyl mounted 'on and seg cured to theg-ltubeA; at. opposite sidesthere i of.' l Said boards areV preferably alikefandfas shown r-a/reof relatively :narrow width, taperi.

a point adjacent the support 1. f

centthe kouter' endg'of Said tube: ,Uponrod` 7-1 70 'y n `Withinthetubeare tWOspacedsbloolzsuSarldfl fici 9,' said bloclsjbeing'; preferably *s lidable; onf

tubemas hefeinaifterfexplained, i IThe block-i85k `l'.k isadjacentntheinnerends ofzboa'rds 'andf .7.5 v M6, -and block,9 is; adjacent the outerzjendsvif Iheblocklis connected-'totheiopposite side `:floorslland12floygrneansQflinks8a;andthe block 9 is connected vthe side barsbyrrneansfSO of linksQa, said-links respectively extending through sideppenings'lb' and 4c in the =t`ubev f' 4:.v4 QTheblock-Zbis connected to theo positea`v v :v ``side bars k11g and. 12;,by means4 of lin sv 10a which extend-through.openings dw-in the-85l s tube .4 1 The respective links Ba,- 9a, '10a` aref# PVOedLatithryinner endsltothe respective blocks, and at.: their vouter ends tothe barsfllV and 12,asshownin Figs; 2 .andff The links fr f f 8a, V9aincli nein. a. directiony awayfrornthef T39 y-support 1', whilethelinkslOa inclinein a'- dil.r f rection-towardsaid-,supporti1li-,Said links,

takentogether formtoggle -leversfwhich can-r1 h `be made to expand-or contracti-loy.rrn'ivi'n'g:the Y rod 7 inward or outward: When the toggles 53 lare,y .expanded .the si'deba'rsfl1'and12"arel ing'towards ktheir;0uter "e.n`ds,.Whichfextend slightly beyond the onter-end'iof theitube 4;? I Said boards lganfd GLarepre-erably of'gre'ate'rf;

fully inward they lie'between the boards 5 .and 6 on opposite sides of tube4, as shown.

The lin ts 8a are preferably longer than links 9a and 10a so as to separate the innerk ends of the side bars lland 12 more than the .outer ends thereofy to ,properly expand the usually. tapered trouser legs.

When rod 7 isr moved outwardly the side b ars l11 and 12 will be moved laterallyawanv from the tube 4; and when the rod 7is moved .inwardly the side bars 11 and 12 will be drawn between block 8 and a collar 17a fast torod 7. lhen ,a trousers legis slipped over the boards and side bars (whiler'tlie' latter are in are-v tracted position, Fig. 3,) and rod 7 is moved outwardso as tov distend or separate the side i A bars 11 the springs 13 and 17 permit the bars to yyieldingly separate more or less and stretch the trousers leg properly on the boards; and permit .the trousers legs yot different widths or different cut to be properly heldon the board.

The frod=7`l may` be moved inwardy or "out-v 1 ward at thewill of thevopcrator by-any suiti toa hand lever 16 'ratchet teeth 15a on at `40 rod` 7 could pivoted at 14a on the'su'p ort'll'a'nd yconnected l' to a treadle, (not shown'i).

i l posed full length upon the opposite boards 5 able means'. As sliown'the innerend of rod 7' projects beyond the inner end oftubefl and is provided with a collar 7e' which 'may be fastened ythereon by y a'nut 7c. `Thepcollar 7 e lis engaged by an operatinglever 14,couiiec'ted Lever 16 carriesa pawl 16a whichengages segment 15 attached to'fsup ort 1, said pawl 16a being operable by 1166 on lever 16. Ifdesired the y a han piece be operated by 'a [foot lever 1Gb `In operation; rod y7 is shifted side bars inward, as in'Fig; 3; then a trousers leg, turned wrong side out,is:slipped over f the boards 5 and'` and bars 11 and 12. Lever 16 is thenv shifted to cause rod 7 to move the side bars `outward,and"s rings 13 and A17 permit theside bars to adjust themselves to it, lthe opposite seamsin the leg beingexand 6. After one' seam has been` ironedthe boards and ybars may. be

rotated as a unit on lthe tube 4 withoutremoving the trousers leg, andtheA other Ve claim 1.,` An ironing apparatus,

seam then ironed.

ing surfaces yon said supportingmember, bars means for moving said bars toward or from `tioii to hold a trousers' disposed and a collar 13a fast to rod 1 eachother. l in' adjusted v position to pivoted uponf'the support 1.

` expand or contract. the

to move the board on said-sup orting member, a rodexcomprising are-` versible sup orting member, a reversiblev ironing'inem er having a plurality of ironthe ironing member in distended position thereon. i

2. Ironing apparatus, comprising a reveisible supporting tube, a .reversible ironing"v membeifhaving a plurality of ironing surfaces on said tube, bars at opposite sides of said tube and member, means for moving said bars toward `or from eacli other, and .means for holding the hars in adjusted posileg slippedover the board iii. d'istendedposition.

Ironing apparatus,l comprising a.V reversible supporting ii'ienibeigironi'ng boards at opposite `sides'of `said member, bars atp-opposite sidcsrof, said member .and l' i iipt'crmediate the' said boards, means for. i moving said bars toward or from each other,

and means for holding them separated to hold a trouserslcg slipped over the boards inj j distended positionon the boards.

4.y Reversible ironing apparatus,'compr1s`- v ing a rotatable supporting tube, similar iron-y infr boards'disposed at opposite sides of said tu ie, bars at' opposite sides'fof said'tube'and kin a plane intermediate the said boards,-A

meansLfor moving said bars toward orA from and means/forjholding thefboards hold a ,trousers `leg in distended po`si-j slipped over the boards tion.' y u 5. Ironing apparatus fortrouse'r le ironing board mounted lon said vtube",vleg dis# tending barsat opposite sides of they tube, a rodgparallelwith thetube, toggle links consaid tube, and means for moving 'therrodftov toggles andA thereb cause the bars to separate'or approach 'each other.l `f v f6. In ironingapparatus fortrouser legs and fidi the like; comprisingja support, a tu e, anvv necting said ba-rswith said rod and tube witli vthe like: a tube, an ironing boardmounted on tlie said tube, distendingbars atvopposit'i'e iio sides of the tube and adjacent opposite edges v .of said board, a rod within thetube, toggle ylinks connecting said rod with the' said bars,

f and' connecting the bars and the tube'pand 'means for moving the rod to expand or con-l g tract the toggles to move tliebars toward yor the sizeof the trousers leg and vfullyexpand from each other.

7. In ironing apparatus'ofthe'characte'r Y' specified; a supporting member, an ironing o bars atop osite sides'of 'said member adjacentthee ges of said board, blocks slidablyj mounted on said rod, links pivotally' con-` springs engaging saidc'ollars and movable blocks, and means for moving the rod to oppositely dfis'poscdlinks pivotally connectlars Ion said.y rodsy adjacent said blocks', at oppositeY sidesfof said ironing member,

cause said springs, blocks and links to yielda ingly move the said bars outward.

8. In an ironing'board of the character specified, a support, a tube attached to said support; ironingboards` disposed at opposite sides of saidltube,'a rod extending axially through said tube, bars. arranged at oppositek sides of said tube lintermediate ,said boards, blocks slidably mounted on said rod, p links pivotall connected with said blocks .5. s and with said ars, oppositely disposed llinks*v Y' pivotally connected with said bars'and with said tube, said links forming toggle levers,y collars on said, rods adjacenty said blocks,y v s v 15 springs interposed betweenr said collars yand said movable blocks, means for moving Ythe rod to cause said springs to move the blocks and expand or contract the toggles to move' the bars toward or from each other, and means for holding the bars in adjusted posi'- tion to hold a trousers leg slipped over the board in distended position. i JOSEPH PULLMAN.

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